Improvement in devices for feeding pins



UNITED STATES OYRUS L. TOPLIFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR FEEDING PINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,199, dated March 13, 1866.

' part ot this speciiication, in which- Figure l represents a transverse vertical section ot' this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section ot' the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates toa mechanism for feeding pins, which is applicable to pin-cushions, paperweights, pen-racks, or to any device which may be advantageously combined with the same.

It consists of two or more pressing-rollers in combination with a suitable guide-bar, ar-

ranged in relation to each other and to said pressing-rollers in such a manner that if a paper ot' pins is ted up by the action of the pressing-rollers each row of pins is retained by the guide-bar in an upright or other convenient position with their heads projecting above or beyond said guide-bar, and by simply turning the pressing-rollers one row of pins after the other can be brought in such a position that the pins can be easily reached and withdrawn from the paper as fast they may be required.

An additional ressingroller may be applied to conduct the empty paper back out of the way.

A represents a box, made of wood or any other suitable material, and constructed in any convenient form or shape for a pincushion, paper-weight, or any other article to which my feeding mechanism may be attached. This box is divided into two compartments, a b, by a longitudinal partition, c, which, however, is somewhat lower than the box itself, leavingroom above the top edge for the roller d. This roller has its bearings in the ends of the box A, and on each side of it are placed similar rollers e, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings. These rollers are covered with india-rubber or other soft and elastic material, and one or both of the rollers, e f, are subjected to the action of springs g, which force the same up against the middle roller, d.

The lid 71. of the box is made in two parts, which are hinged to the ends of said box,

and which leave a gap, t', between their inner ends, through which the pins fed np by the action of the rollers d f can pass out, and a guide-hanf, placed above this gap serves to keep the pins in such a position that they can be conveniently reached and withdrawn from the paper. The empty paper is carried back into the box by the action of the rollers d e.

At the beginning of the operation a paper of pins is placed into the compartment b and the iirst row is passed up between the rollers d j', and by turning said rollers the pins are caused to rise and their heads are made toproject beyond the guide-bar j. When the iirst row is exhausted the rollers df are turned and the next row is brought up, as shown in Fig. l, where a paper of pins is shown in red outline. The empty paperis passed down between the rollers d c, as shown, and by turning the roller d one row of pins after another is fed up one side, while at the same time the empty paper is carried down on the opposite side.

It is obvious that the shape of the box and the position ot' the feed-rollers in the box can be changed as may be desirable. Instead of feeding thepins up through the top, they might be fed ont at the side of the box, and in some cases the additional roller e might be dispensed with.

The feeding device might also be further modified by substituting for the round roller d a ilat roller ot' suoli a shape that a paper of pins could be conveniently wound thereon. In this case the roller j' would have to be placed at such a distance from the flat roller d as to allow the latter to revolve, and by revolving said flat roller one row ot' pins after the other would be turned up so that the pins could be convenient] y withdrawn. The empty paper would be wound on the roller j'.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A pin-snpplying device consisting of the rollers d and j', when arranged in relation to each other and to the case substantially as described.

2. The roller e, in combination with the rollers d j', guide-bar j, and box A, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

O. L. TOPLIFF.

Witnesses W. HAUEF.

M. M. LIvI'NGs'roN. 

